{"product_id":"book-y91c","title":"Porch Swings, Parlors \u0026 Pryin' Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the towns where the porch lights glow late, the screen doors creak often, and no secret stays secret for long, life unfolds with charm, chatter, and more than a touch of mischief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePorch Swings, Parlors \u0026amp; Pryin' Eyes invites you into parlors both prim and peculiar, where romances are whispered behind teacups, rivalries simmer at choir practice, and widows form committees with suspicious speed. Within these sixteen short stories, you'll find aging sopranos and checker champions, tangled telegrams and moonlit deacons, poker parties gone sideways and gossip spun tighter than a handmade scarf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach tale captures the distinct rhythms of small-town American life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries-with all its humor, heartbreak, and sly subversion of social norms. These are stories not just of people, but of places-of communities that cradle, confine, and sometimes surprise those who call them home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePull up a chair, pour something sweet, and don't be surprised if someone starts talkin' about you next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing the work of renowned authors and some hidden gems of classic American fiction, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gay Old Dog, by Edna Ferber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelinda's Humorous Story, by May McHenry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriends in San Rosario, by O. Henry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Associated Widows, by Katharine M. Roof\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tale of the Tangled Telegram, by Wilbur D. Nesbit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Village Singer, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New England Nun, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Scarf, by Madeline Yale Wynne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, by James Whitcomb Riley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow The Widow Won The Deacon, by William James Lampton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan Anderson's Poker Party, by Benjamin Stevenson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Rivermouth Romance, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot According to Schedule, by Mary Stewart Cutting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Reward of Merit, by Booth Tarkington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSand Flat Shadows, by Carl Sandburg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. Lathrop's Love Affair, by Anne Warner\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50413111640368,"sku":"BDy91c","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/y91c-cover.jpg?v=1765530773","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-y91c","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}